Abstract expressionism

Abstract Expressionism established itself as one of the major turning points in twentieth-century art, emerging in New York in the 1940s around what would become known as the New York School.

Driven by figures as diverse as Jackson Pollock and his gestural dripping technique, Mark Rothko and his meditative fields of color, or Willem de Kooning and his energetic compositions oscillating between figuration and abstraction, the movement marked a decisive break with European traditions by placing spontaneity of gesture, monumental scale, and a direct physical relationship between painter and canvas at the heart of artistic practice.

Drawing on Surrealist explorations of automatism and the unconscious, it transformed painting into a space for experimentation in which color, material, and movement ceased to serve representation and instead became an autonomous language carrying an unprecedented emotional and existential intensity.

This shift in the center of gravity of Western art toward New York also represented the affirmation of an American cultural identity on the international stage, whose impact would resonate throughout contemporary artistic creation.

On Artsper, this selection brings together contemporary works that extend this foundational legacy through lyrical abstraction, gestural energy, and chromatic explorations, reflecting the enduring vitality of a movement that profoundly transformed our understanding of what painting can be.

Summer Essence

Simona Sedlakova

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,150

Not sure what I am looking for

Francesco Martini

Painting . 170 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 66.9 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Danse du vent

Lu Ma

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Poésie 6

Luc Andrieux

Painting . 140 x 120 x 3.8 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1.5 inch

€2,016

The House on the Cliff

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,350

Like nothing else (Experimental garden)

Nestor Toro

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch

€1,177

Zen-scape

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€2,145

Dark Waves

Nadia NL

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€752

Fine Morning

Gago Chtchyan

Painting . 63 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 24.8 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Clouds are floating

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 31 x 1 inch

€1,430

Summer rhapsody XL 1

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting . 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch

€2,890

Gestalt, la représentation comme theatre

Remi Delaplace

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,490

Untitled No.2

Ta Rui

Painting . 46.2 x 55.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18.2 x 21.9 x 1 inch

€800

Saturday Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 28 x 1 inch

€1,738

On the Road, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 88.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,846

Daphne, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,453

I'll Meet You in My Dreams, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,480

Should I Tell You the Story, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,308

Summer Mood, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€1,674

Spurensuche, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 99.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,335

Connection 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 71.1 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,593

Invitation, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,218

Wuthering Surge II | Dark Blue Abstract Gestural Artwork

Evgenia Makarova

Painting . 102 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.2 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€2,082

Soft Caramel: Elegant Abstract Artwork for Modern Interiors, Creamy & Caramel Tones with Blue Accents - Series Color as Taste

Katrin Rymsha

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€769

The wings of the wind

Dam Domido

Painting . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€3,500

Foggy day | Minimalist Gray Textured Abstract Artwork

Galina Gataullina

Painting . 65 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€860

Power of Nature

Arturas Lapajevas

Painting . 100 x 136 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 53.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,400

Berrea

Javier Gonzales Briseño

Painting . 92 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,628

Deep

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting . 140 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€300

Muddy forest

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€990

Max Monet

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€990

Mineral rush

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€960

Untitled

Nino Tolomashvili

Painting . 60 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Winter Strory

Anna Selina

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,900

A1902

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€900

L’enlèvement

Isabelle Janier

Painting . 120 x 200 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

From chaos to harmony

Olga Afanasiadi

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€860

Surf

Nash

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Blue haze - Framed

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,300 €3,440

Polos Opuestos

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 86 x 108 x 1 cm Painting . 33.9 x 42.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,360

Sans titre n°966

Laurence Granger

Painting . 55 x 46 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 inch

€1,000

Night Kisses Day

Daniela Schweinsberg

Painting . 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,862

Light Through Yew Boughs I

Ron Mills-Pinyas

Painting . 100 x 45 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 17.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,450

Untitled 3.12

Viktoria Ganhao

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Prussian Blue 17

Gina Vor

Painting . 86 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 33.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Midnight Swim

Wietzie Gerber

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€2,145

Bloody Soccer

Allan P Friedlander

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,810

The Remaining Light

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 81.3 x 116.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 32 x 46 x 0.1 inch

€4,526

Fragments of the Sun

Artyom Basenci

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,263 €1,810

Fire Matrix

Vesta Shi

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,267

Down Under

Victoria Kloch

Painting . 137.2 x 127 x 0.8 cm Painting . 54 x 50 x 0.3 inch

€2,783

Abstract Wall Art Drawing/Painting #12022022,

Michael Verlangieri

Painting . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,625

Unnatural Vein

Matthew Dibble

Painting . 121.9 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 46 x 2 inch

€4,707

Une pluie d'or

Sylvie Tual

Painting . 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€8,450

The Insane Always Loved Me

Zoran Crncevic

Painting . 80 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch

€4,073

Positive Red Energy XL 2

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 155 x 105 x 4 cm Painting . 61 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,890

August

Inga Makarova

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,600

Sunny summer day XL 12

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting . 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch

€2,990

Awesome Daydream XXL 4

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,990

Green Daydream XXL 2

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,490

Sunny Nature Impression XXL 2

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,990

One of these days XXL 9

Peter Nottrott

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,490

Serie The Landscape No.1

Qing-Chun Diao

Painting . 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

We Can Be Heroes, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bea Garding Schubert

Painting . 119.9 x 119.9 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,077

Fragments of Matter VIII: Contemporary Abstract Artwork in Muted Hues & Sculptural Textures

Natalie Egorova

Painting . 63 x 53 x 2 cm Painting . 24.8 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,720

Stillness Of Water | Beige Brown Textured Abstract Landscape Artwork

Viktoria Daneva

Painting . 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,267

Gesture in Pink and Black II, Homage to Jackson Pollok, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Conceptual, Snail, Symbolism, Persistence, Growth, Blue, Gesture, Texture

Neo Bauchaus

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Walk

Vera Klimova

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.8 inch

€1,629

Cave diving - Burst of color 34, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€1,785

Vida de Perros

Pedro Guerrero

Painting . 140 x 290 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 114.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,398

Geometria i atzar

Francesc Soler Claveras

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

The pink and yellow flower bed

Lea Karvala

Painting . 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€950

Untitled

Zuzanna Malinowska

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€450

Untitled 4937

Maria Paola Coda

Painting . 196 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 77.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€9,850

The promise of order, the certainty of decay

Alfredo Scaroina

Painting . 142 x 78 x 4 cm Painting . 55.9 x 30.7 x 1.6 inch

€5,500

Untitled 71

Eva Pacheco

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Connexions cérébrales

Âme Sauvage

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.9 inch

€300

City by night 2

Yaki Li

Painting . 41 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€600

Summer still life

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 39 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.4 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€900

Touching, Touched, "Ce Qui Apparait"

Remi Delaplace

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,990

Technicolour

Maria Esmar

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,600

Aferrada a mi Fe

Hziar Padilla

Painting . 30 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

€580

Everything went quiet

Larissa Eremeeva

Painting . 122 x 183 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 72 x 1.6 inch

€5,825

Beneath the Golden Veil

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 60 x 160 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 63 x 0.1 inch

€850

I was never lost

Michelle Hold

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Energy Structure, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Expressionism, Gesture, Color, Texture, Dynamic, Modern, Painting, Emotional

Harold Richter

Painting . 70 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€950

Blue note

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 81 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Harmony in blue haze: Dynamic Blue Hues Abstract Artwork

Natalia Sysoeva

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€959

Interaction-2: Vibrant Abstract Artwork with Pink, Yellow & Blue Hues | Energetic Modern Decor, 80x80cm

Andrey Visokinsky

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€996

Abstract mountains 2: Luminous Blue & Earth Tones on Linen | Contemporary Abstract Artwork for Serene Spaces

Jane Ti

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,674

Deep

Daria Kalinnikova

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€996

On its way

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 83 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 32.7 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€2,300

Blurred Boundaries

Aliona Koroliova

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

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